Policy
While JobKeeper provided critical support for charities during the crisis phase of the pandemic that enabled many organisations to remain operational, more than 40% of eligible charities reported that the stimulus represented a temporary fix ...
A Sydney mayor’s derailing of an anti-racism campaign highlights the need for a coordinated national response to racism in Australia, according to Australia’s largest refugee and migration resettlement support provider, Settlement Services International (SSI). Mayor ...
Slashing extended waiting lists for routine yet potentially eyesight-saving cataract surgery is one of the priorities under a plan proposed by the eye health and vision care sector in a submission to the 2021-22 Federal ...
Independent information provider for people with disability, IDEAS welcomed the launch of the long-awaited federally-funded Disability Gateway portal. IDEAS has been lobbying for a national disability information service for more than five years, advocating for ...
The Fred Hollows Foundation, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO), and Australia’s first Aboriginal ophthalmologist Associate Professor Kris Rallah-Baker have joined forces to call for a First Nations Voice to Parliament enshrined in the Constitution. ...
Fundraising Institute Australia (FIA), a peak body for professional fundraising has announced its policy priorities for 2021, including pushing for further fundraising red tape reduction and harmonising fundraising regulation across all states and territories. In ...
Hundereds of Australian charities are at risk of losing their registration with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) for twice failing to submit their Annual Information Statements. The ACNC Commissioner, the Hon Dr Gary Johns, warned more than 300 ...
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) welcomes reforms that will further reduce the red tape burden for charities in Western Australia. Under the reforms, duplicated reporting requirements for incorporated associations in Western Australia will ...
Save the Children has welcomed the Prime Minister’s commitment to support Pacific nations from the effects of climate change, but warned that the $500 million in funding announced today should not come at the expense ...
Recent changes to the Status Resolution Support Service (SRSS) for people seeking asylum in Australia are causing distress and creating further hardship, says Anglicare Sydney.
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